Category Archives: CNN

CNN Press Room: CNN names Peter Bale vice president, general manager of CNN International Digital

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"Peter Bale has joined CNN in the newly created role of vice president and general manager of CNN International Digital, reporting directly to KC Estenson, senior vice president and general manager of CNN Digital. ... Bale will be responsible for the global growth of CNN International Digital, including setting the strategic vision, product development and execution. "

CNN.com: CNN teams up with Foursquare for World Cup

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"CNN has teamed up .. Foursquare on an innovative project for World Cup fans in the 32 competing nations. Fans will be eligible for two CNN badges on Foursquare. The "South Africa Explorer" badge is for people traveling to South Africa to attend the World Cup matches while the "Super Fan" badge is for fans who will be watching from pubs, bars and large viewing parties in the 31 other countries taking part in the tournament"

CNN.com Blogs: Behind the Scenes:: CNN.com with Facebook: Your news just got a whole lot more social

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You'll find multiple ways to seamlessly recommend, share or comment on our content with your friends on Facebook, as well as see when your friends have recommended, shared or commented on CNN.com content [including] Global Facebook Connect login ... Homepage activity feed ... profile page activity module ... recommending conent and NewsPulse."

Mediaite: CNN Pays For Cell Phone Image, Plane “Hero” Wants Payment For Interviews

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"CNN clarifies the network did not pay for the actual interview during CNN Newsroom. However, there’s a reason Schuringa has not appeared any further on CNN or any other network – we hear he has asked for additional payment for any future interviews. The practice of paying a 'licensing fee' rather than a direct exchange is a way networks who claim to never pay for interviews can get around the issue. By paying for images and video, they are free to say no money was exchanged hands for the actual interview."

Beet.TV: Obama Victory Creates Historic Global Demand for Web Content

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"On Election Day, CNN.com attracted more than 27 million unique visitors – the highest in the site’s history. Further, CNN.com Live – the Internet’s only live, multi-stream video news service – broke all previous records serving an impressive 4.9 million live streams, nearly tripling its previous traffic record. "

TVNewser: BBC is no CNN. “At Some Point It’s Almost Parody”

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"I don't think the BBC will ever be, or aspire to be, the bells-and-whistles network," says CBS exile Rome Hartman, executive producer of "BBC World News America. ... Fundamentally, we're about great stories. Graphics help, and they're cool. I have a lot of admiration for David Borhman and what he's doing at CNN. But at a certain point, it's almost parody."

Chicago Tribune: Eric 2.0: Apple’s Jobs is fine. Why didn’t anyone ask?

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"It’s flat-out embarrassing, dangerous and a blow to the credibility of an experiment that portends to tap into the Web’s community spirit. I have no problem with the notion of citizen journalism—it’s a perfect solution for covering neighborhood news and for eyewitness reports of major events. But when it’s used to break news, as the Jobs report did, facts need to be checked first. ... CNN needs to rethink it’s citizen journalism approach. It apparently doesn’t want to take any responsibility when something goes awry. "